The hubby and I decided to come here for a Friday night date. We've tried to come 2 other times but every time previously, it was closed! So this time, I called them to make sure that they were actually open before driving all the way there.
When we got to J Town, we were absolutely confused as to where the restaurant was. Apparently, it's moved and now shares the same space as Green Tea Cafe. It really is not clear where the restaurant is now and they should really improve the signage.
Regardless, we finally found it and the wait staff were very friendly and attentive.
My husband and I both ordered ramen sets.
I ordered the miso ramen with a mini curry and red bean ice cream. The hubby ordered shio ramen with mini seasoned beef and rice and red bean ice cream. What we liked the most about the ramen was the texture of the noodles - it had the perfect amount of chewiness to it. The soup base was ok...we kind of thought the soup base tasted strange compared to what we've tried in the past...not bad...but also not great. The pork in both our ramens were surprisingly very tender - not extremely flavourful but certainly tender.
The mini curry was good - typical Japanese curry and rice. The seasoned beef and rice was a bit too salty but had good flavour.
Overall, we thought Niwatei was ok. We still like the ramen places downtown better but it's not bad for uptown.